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=== 1880s dress style === [[File:1840s Victorian Dandy.jpg|left|thumb|A Victorian [[dandy]] pictured in the 1840s ]] [[File:1885 Bustle.jpg|alt=Horizontal protrusion at the back.|thumb|1885 bustle]] The early 1880s was a period of stylistic confusion.<ref name=":3" /> On one hand, there is the over-ornamented silhouette with contrasting texture and frivolous accessories. On the other hand, the growing popularity of tailoring gave rise to an alternative, severe style.<ref name=":4" /> Some credited the change in silhouette to the [[Victorian dress reform]], which consisted of a few movements including the [[Artistic Dress movement|Aesthetic Costume]] Movement and the [[Victorian dress reform|Rational Dress Movement]] in the mid-to-late Victorian Era advocating natural silhouette, lightweight underwear, and rejecting [[tightlacing]]. However, these movements did not gain widespread support. Others noted the growth in cycling and tennis as acceptable feminine pursuits that demanded a greater ease of movement in women's clothing.<ref name=":3" /> Still others argued that the growing popularity of tailored semi-masculine suits was simply a fashionable style, and indicated neither advanced views nor the need for practical clothes.<ref name=":4" /> Nonetheless, the diversification in options and adoption of what was considered menswear at that time coincided with growing power and social status of women towards the late-Victorian period. The bustle made a re-appearance in 1883, and it featured a further exaggerated horizontal protrusion at the back. Due to the additional fullness, drapery moved towards the sides or front panel of the skirt instead. Any drapery at the back was lifted up into poufs. Bodices on the other hand, shortened and ended above the hips. Yet the style remained tailored, but was more structured. However, by 1886, the silhouette transformed back to a slimmer figure again. Sleeves of bodices were thinner and tighter, while necklines became higher again. Furthermore, an even further tailored-look began to develop until it improved in the 1890s.
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